ESPN reacts to Knicks drop their 3rd in a row & come up short in Miami 99-109, DiVincenzo 31 Pts

ESPN reacts to Knicks drop their 3rd in a row & come up short in Miami 99-109, DiVincenzo 31 Pts

MSG Studios Bill pedo along with alen Han and while a zerak Monica mcnut will join us shortly Nicks hung in there battled like they always do their only lead of the game guys was 11-1 early in the game I mentioned they were down big they tied it at 92 but they just

Couldn’t get over the hump yeah and again credit Miami because they were desperate in this game they knew how important this game was in the standings for them and also what they did with Jaylen Brunson who comes in scoring 91 points in the last two games the focal

Point was to shut him down and frustrate him clearly they did because this was we haven’t seen Jaylen Brunson struggle this much in a long time listen Jaylen brunson’s got to be exhausted he’s banging he’s dealing with double teams triple teams every single night made the

Right play all night like he always does got double digit assists with 10 assists Dante dant chenzo Duce McBride shot the ball outstanding the problem was the acquisition that Miami picked up at the trade deadline ter Ros he can really score the basketball when he gets hot he

Was making incredible shots over an outstanding Defender and dece McBride and that was the difference in the game you know the Knicks right now they got to figure out a way just control what you can control obviously that’s winning basketball games we’re keep an eye on

The scores of all the other teams and you know the standings but they need to find a way to bank wins right now that’s all they can worry about Nicks are now fifth in the East tied with Orlando at 44 and 31 but remember Orlando has the tiebreaker fourth quarter Nicks able to

Battle in there and again 92 all four minutes to go Brunson you mentioned normally so good at the end of games but only five out 18 from the floor they just didn’t have that extra gear tonight yeah and when Caitlyn Clark F right there that was just a tough three and

You know the race is tight it’s definitely tight but at the same time Nicks can’t get all caught up in this race here look at how tight this is and the Cavs are playing Utah right now yeah and by the way the Bucks lost to the

Wizards tonight so when you look at the Lost column magic Nicks the’re three what are they it’s all about the L three games back Nicks are only up on the Pacers and Heat right they need to find a way with seven games to go to go four

And three you are basically one good or bad week away from either being in the playin or being in second what’s amazing is how quickly go four and three at least this turned so quickly we were looking at Milwaukee all of us when we looking at the standings we’re looking

At Milwaukee looking up now we’re looking down because all of a sudden that playing line is getting closeing Spurs and we were playing Toronto we were playing Detroit and we were playing like but they took advantage of that yes they did team the San Antonio game was the first

One that hurt because they were going into that game trying to sweep that week take care of business like they’ve done all season they couldn’t get that win that would have put them right on the heels of the Bucks instead it put them back into the pack think about if they

Could have gotten that game then the Thunder game and think about that you know he so gilgas Alexander hits that shot now that push you down even more this game push you down even more and now you’re in the MH pit now you’re in the you’re in the battle right now and

There’s still only seven games to go it’s a fun time of year watch scoreboard and get some wins like Wally said all right Monica mcnut help call the game tonight on ESPN Radio 98.7 FM Monica your impressions you had a obviously a good view there you’re on the scene what

Do you think about tonight so okay let’s just take a deep breath um I think the heat were in a unique position where they were excited to get their guys back going into tonight you guys Tyler hero was the only person listed as questionable so they had depth that they

Have not had consistently all season I think they were up to the challenge of the New York Knicks considering how the season series already started coach Eric spoler started his pregame discussing Jaylen Brunson having an MVP caliber year so there was the appropriate level of fear if I can steal the term from

Coach papovich and I thought that tonight was probably one of their better defensive performances top to bottom in terms of the depth and everybody that actually played and so you had a team that was getting people back versus a team that is fighting through some injuries and frankly shortage of

Productivity when you talk about the bench unit and so there’s a lot to kind of chew on from that but that’s my assessment of this one well so Monica what you’re saying is the Miami Heat started looking like the Miami Heat again at the appropriate Time of the

Season right but what they look why they look different though is Terry Rosier like they did didn’t have anything like him in their run last season and he was just I mean what did you see from him early in this game to let you know it

Was going to be a different kind of night because it looked like he couldn’t miss right I think he missed his first three and then didn’t miss again until the fourth quarter uh he finished the night with eight threes tying a season high for him the speed with which he’s

Able to play with and the aggressiveness I had a game here for a national broadcast in January right after excuse me in February right around the trade when he was added and of course the human element of all of this he still trying to solidify his living arrangements get his family situated but

He did say that he was pumped about the opportunity to join a team that has made deep postseason runs and what every NBA fan knows to be true in terms of heat culture and so he felt like he could add with his defense his ability to create

Off the bounce and of course the three-point shooting and you saw that tonight but Han I got to add though nick uh nicovic the rookie for those guys a legit 610 in terms of his versatility and the way that he could defend that we saw in that first half I just saw again

The flashbacks of the Knicks struggling versus teams with length and athletes with this Miami Heat team being probably one of the healthier games in terms of availability you’ve seen from them this season okay Monica as always we appreciate it then we will talk to you soon and you know Monica makes a missing

Tyler herro and Tyler Hero’s out who’s a great scorer yeah and he might come off the bench which he should yes right I think that would be a better fit with Terry Rosier in the starting lineup Hero’s always he’s been Sixth Man of the Year he’s been an outstanding bench guy

You he comes in you run the team through him plays with Caleb Martin and and and a bunch of high Smith a bunch of guys off the bench that’s going to be a pretty good second unit if he comes off the bench all right so the Knicks have

Now lost three in a row they lose tonight by 10 guys coming up next breaking down some key plays from the wall at wall as we continue on the postgame show after this Dante dienzo tonight 31 in the loss offensive struggle for the Knicks that is what you

Saw tonight but this team continues to grind and when they can’t really get into offense they use defense to do it and for the Knicks it was turning defense into offense like we’ll see here on a nice play between Brunson and dant chenzo yeah this was really nice St

Chenzo getting out in transition doing a good job getting this steal that was a really bad pass by yic now freeze it there here goes divon chenzo he sees this lanane to the basket he cuts really hard jayen Brunson is really smart with his passing he had the 10 assists and

Watch how he draws yic over and does a good job of floating it up right to the front of the rim and D D venzo he’s a two-footed jumper so he has to get his steps down to get that two-footed elevation almost hits his head on the

Rim nice little one-handed Al you that’s good in the rim too perfect passo when that was such a good pass he didn’t even have to go up there and grab it with two yeah good stuff there from De chenzo and again with the Knicks you don’t want the

Miami defense to get set so that’s when you do get that steal get down the floor and quick ball movement Jaylen Brunson didn’t score a lot in this game but he was passing the ball around and again defense to offense yeah and we’re going

To take a look at Josh Hart on this play just a great job of Relentless effort uses his long arms and his jumping ability if that pass was a little higher it would have been completed but Josh Hart gets that tip and that deflection now here comes Jaylen Brunson now freeze

It here I want you to keep an eye on Duce McBride he is an outstanding three-point shooter especially from the corners he’s going to run directly to this corner and Jaylen brunson’s going to do the rest by attracting all the attention gets into the paint doesn’t get a foul doesn’t want to force

Three guys in the paint sucks them all in kicks it out to dece McBride for that wide open three Jaylen Brunson is definitely taking what the defense gives him and the defense is really collapsing on him and trying to take him out of games because of the domination that

He’s been playing in 91 points in the last two games so the heat wanted to make everyone else beat them but Jaylen Brunson tonight and McBride hitting four threes in this game that being one of them but for the Knicks defensively forcing 18 turnovers with 11 steals

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ESPN reacts to Knicks drop their 3rd in a row & come up short in Miami 99-109, DiVincenzo 31 Pts